59th District

Years served: 2001-2003 (House); 2003 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Insurance; Labor (Chairperson); Telecommunications & Technology; Transportation; Consumer Protection; Trans. Subcommittee on Amendments (Sub-Chairperson).

Biography: Born January 4, 1945, in Anna, Illinois. Full-time state legislator; former farmer and businessman; past chairman, Franklin County Board; former member, Franklin - Williamson Human Services Board; current member, Southern Illinois Workforce Man-Tra-Con Board, Operating Engineers and Laborers' International unions.